Springboard 22
Mike Flores strays from his usual Top 10 list into a Top 22 list for Dark Ascension. These cards are the best for launching new decks, shaping the metagame, and providing food for thought.
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Rise Of Aintrazi – New Ingredients To The Cauldron
Control decks get much better; Birthing Pod got some new toys; Burning Vengeance got another enchantment; and we now have a token deck. Can these contenders take down tempo at StarCityGames.com Open: Richmond?
New Standard Decks For StarCityGames.com Open: Richmond
As always, with every set release, it’s the perfect time to be a brewer. There are so many good ideas floating around, but so little time…
The Legacy Dark Ascension Set Review
Drew Levin goes in depth into Dark Ascension’s impact on Legacy. He reviews Grafdigger’s Cage and Faithless Looting in particular and their effects–which will be felt this weekend at Richmond’s Legacy Open.
The Innovator’s Guide To Dark Ascension Standard: Part 2
Dark Ascension is broadening Standard, making more strategies viable. Patrick covers some of the new decks with real potential: Werewolves, Mono-Green, Zombies, and Dredge to start. Try something new at SCG Open: Richmond!
Dark Ascension In Modern
Reid Duke looks at the creature-based strategies and non-creature strategies of Modern with Dark Ascension. What are going to be the big players? Will Tokens make a comeback? What will Faithless Looting do to the format?
First Pick At Dark Ascension
Ari Lax looks at Dark Ascension Limited from a bird’s eye view, looking at each color’s curve and seeing how Dark Ascension helps fill in the gaps. Get the low down before Richmond’s Draft Opens on Sunday.
How Strangleroot Geist Will Change Standard And Other Decks
Jeremy Neeman is Australia’s star player and winner of GP Brisbane; what’s caught his eye from Dark Ascension as he tests for the Pro Tour in Honolulu?
The Innovator’s Guide To Dark Ascension Standard: Part 1
Patrick Chapin begins his review of Dark Ascension. What updates should you be making to the old strategies of Standard? What cards are people underrating?
Wise Buys – Are You Smarter Than A Magic 8-Ball?
Financial writer goes up against Magic 8-Ball in predicting the value of Dark Ascension cards. Who will win?
Rise Of Aintrazi – Poxing DC
Ali Aintrazi discusses the Loam Pox deck he played at StarCityGames.com Open: DC. He fixes it up, so you can play one of the funnest decks in Legacy.
The Reason For Hovermyr And Key Dark Ascension Cards
Gerry looks at a handful of Dark Ascension cards that he feels are guaranteed to affect Standard. He then breaks down the U/W Aggro decks in Standard and their differences.
Black Magic – Graveyards In Standard: What Does Dark Ascension Have To Offer?
It’s natural to think Secrets of the Dead would fit into a Burning Vengeance deck, but Sam Black tells you exactly why it doesn’t and how Burning Vengeance should look in the new Standard.
Thraben’s Guardian And Grafdigger’s Cage
Thalia and the Cage are two of Dark Ascension’s most interesting options for Legacy. Drew sounds off on where you might see these cards succeeding and why!
Gravecrawler, Geralf’s Messenger, And The Mono-Black Dream!
Mono-Black fans, Patrick Chapin has your back. With every set that comes out, the potential of mono-black is on the radar. With its fresh Zombie additions, will it make the big stage?